At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, Lewis won a bronze medal in the 5-kilometre open water competition.

[citation needed] In September 2010, Westfield's redevelopment plans saw Lewis's pool demolished.

[citation needed] In April 2011, Random House published Hayley's first business book, Dream Believe Create.

She married her childhood sweetheart, Greg Taylor, in 1997 and they have two sons, Jacob and Kai.

[4] The younger son, Kai Taylor, won a silver in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay in the 2024 Summer Olympics.